The stage is set for one of South-south Nigeria’s most anticipated innovation gathering as Akwa Ibom Tech Week 2025 (AKTW2025) returns bigger, bolder, and more transformative. Scheduled to hold from November 3rd to 8th, 2025, at Ceedapeg Hotel, Uyo, the week-long celebration of innovation and technology is poised to ignite a new era of digital transformation, investment, and economic growth in the heart of Akwa Ibom State.
With the theme “Catalysing Digital Transformation for Innovation, Investment and Impact,” Akwa Ibom Tech Week 2025 is not just another event; it’s a movement. It’s a call to innovators, investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to reimagine the state as a thriving digital hub and position Akwa Ibom as one of Africa’s most promising tech destinations.
A Growing Ecosystem, A Rising Tech Powerhouse
Over the past few years, Akwa Ibom has quietly but steadily evolved into one of Southern Nigeria’s most vibrant emerging tech ecosystems. From coding bootcamps and innovation hubs springing up in Uyo to partnerships driving youth training and startup incubation, the state has begun to harness its rich human capital and youthful population to build a future powered by innovation.
The state government’s growing interest in ICT development, coupled with private sector participation, has created a fertile ground for startups, investors, and digital creatives to thrive. With platforms like the Ibom Innovation Network at the forefront, the state’s tech narrative is shifting, from consumption to creation, and from isolation to collaboration.
A Look Back: The Impact of Last Year’s Edition
Last year’s Akwa Ibom Tech Week left a lasting mark on the region’s innovation landscape. The event brought together hundreds of participants from across Nigeria and beyond, tech founders, developers, investors, and students, all converging to learn, collaborate, and showcase emerging ideas.
Highlights from 2024 included:
- NextGen Innovators winning the coveted Ibom Air Prize for Innovation.
- CEED Capital awarding ₦100,000 incubation support to all participating schools that pitched their ideas.
- Adiaha Obong Secondary School clinched a ₦250,000 incubation prize, highlighting the growing interest in STEM education among young girls.
- A career fair hosted by LIV, which facilitated hundreds of job placements for tech talents.
- Scholarships and internship programs that connected young Akwa Ibomites to training and opportunities across Nigeria’s tech ecosystem.
These achievements demonstrated that Akwa Ibom is not just participating in the digital revolution; it’s positioning itself as one of its emerging leaders.
What to Expect at AKTW2025
The 2025 edition promises to be even more dynamic. Attendees can look forward to:
- Keynote sessions from leading voices in technology, innovation, and policy.
- Panel discussions exploring how technology can drive inclusive growth across sectors like education, agriculture, and energy.
- Pitch competitions that give local startups access to investors and incubation support.
- Workshops and masterclasses on emerging fields such as AI, blockchain, digital marketing, and software engineering.
- A career and talent fair linking young professionals with employers and startup founders seeking digital skills.
- Networking mixers and hackathons are designed to spark collaboration and new ventures.
It’s a space where ideas meet opportunity, and where local innovators connect with global investors to turn concepts into scalable solutions.
The Ibom Innovation Network
Behind this transformative event is the Ibom Innovation Network, a community of passionate innovators driving the state’s technology ecosystem. The organisation represents residents practising tech in Akwa Ibom, as well as indigenes in the diaspora contributing to Nigeria’s digital growth.
Their mission is to support local entrepreneurs and innovators in creating products and services that stimulate economic growth through advocacy, capacity building, and access to funding.
Their vision? “The Akwa Ibom of our dreams is a smart city with a thriving innovation ecosystem driven by local content and indigenous participation.”
Through initiatives like Tech Week, the Network is not just talking about transformation, it’s actively building the systems and partnerships needed to make it a reality.
Why You Should Attend
Whether you’re a startup founder seeking investors, a tech enthusiast eager to learn, or a policymaker looking for strategies to strengthen the innovation economy, Akwa Ibom Tech Week 2025 offers something for you.
This is more than a conference; it’s an opportunity to witness firsthand how a state once known primarily for its hospitality and oil wealth is reinventing itself through technology. It’s where visionaries meet doers, and where the next generation of tech talent will be inspired to dream bigger.
A regional event
As Nigeria’s innovation map continues to expand across the southeast and the south-south, Akwa Ibom stands ready to contend for a place as a regional leader in technology and creativity. Akwa Ibom Tech Week 2025 is a declaration of that intent, signalling that the state is ready to embrace the digital future, invest in its youth, and build a sustainable, innovation-driven economy.
So, mark your calendars, November 3rd to 8th, 2025, and get ready to experience the dawn of Akwa Ibom’s digital transformation in Uyo.
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